saw a stupid stupid STUPID post today. it's 4am but i consider this as a day ruined

futturman comforting you headcannons

masterlist | requested by @futturmansgf (babe im sorry this is so late xx hope you enjoy!)

pairing: josh futturman x gn!reader

tags: comfort, fluff, angst, established relationship, best friends to lovers but it’s not really mentioned, mention of family issues (nothing specific stated), use of y/n.

author’s note: finally getting back to focusing on my requests! this is so rushed and not my best work for sure but i still hope it’s enjoyable <3 also not edited so excuse any mistakes!

First off, I 100% believe Josh is the type of boyfriend to tell you to call him whenever you need him—and he empathises how it could be three in the morning and if you call him he will pick up!

He’ll probably be up gaming, playing either Biotic Wars or something.

It doesn’t matter how into his game he is, the moment he sees your contact appear on his screen, he puts his controller down, mumbling a quick “hold on” to whoever he’s playing with before muting his mic.

“Hey, Y/N,” he’ll say through the line, his voice gentle. The moment he hears you sniffle and the sadness in your tone, his heart breaks. “Is everything okay, love?” He asks out of concern.

He picks up your call, you didn’t often call him this late so this must’ve been important. “Hey, Y/N, is everything okay?” He asks through the line, his voice gentle. He hears you sniffle and he can tell something is wrong (also because it’s not everyday that you call him this late.)

He listens to you explain what occurred, and before you can get too in detail he asks you if he can come over.

He listens to a brief explanation of what happened, you want to say more but you’re so overwhelmed with everything, and you’re partially scared you’re bothering him.

Josh knows you through and through, he has since you two were really young. So, he can sense you’re struggling and that you clearly want to say more so he doesn’t hesitate to ask you what he wants to, immediately blurting it out once you’re done speaking.

“What?” You ask, unsure if you heard him correctly.

“Can I come over?” He repeats, his tone gentle. You don’t know why but it surprises you—it surprises you that someone is willing to drive late at night just to hear you ramble about your problems.

You’re quite, no answer leaving your lips so quickly Josh says, “you—I don’t have to, er, if you—you don’t want me to but…” he trails off.

Truth is, he wants to hold you. He wants to be there for you physically if he can. If you’ll allow him to.

If you want, he’ll listen to you over the phone of course but he prefers to be there with you.

“Josh, it’s three in the morning…” you respond. This is not you saying no, though, you’re just still unsure if he wants to actually come over.

You hear him let out a soft chuckle. “I know, Y/N/N, but I really don’t mind. You clearly need someone right now.”

You agree and both of you hang up, Josh not even bothering to tell his friends (who were still on the game) bye, simply leaving the game.

Yes, Josh Futturman is the type of boyfriend to drive down to your house even if it’s three in the morning.

He doesn’t show up empty handed either, probably stops at some ‘open 24 hours’ shop to grab you some of your favourite snacks.

The moment you open the door, he moves forward to hug you. You were still crying, a little less but he could see your teary eyes and your stained cheeks.

With that, you both get cosy on the sofa in your living room, Josh patting his lap for you to lay your head so he can play with your hair while you tell him about your issues.

He listens the whole time, he doesn’t talk until your done.

He honestly can’t imagine what you’re going through, how your family has the capability to treat you like that. It pains him that you’re being treated so poorly by them.

He plants soft kisses on your head whenever you start crying, wiping your tears away.

When you’re done, he cups your face in his hands, gently wiping your tears away with his thumb. He looks into his eyes, his own glossy with probably tears. “I’m so sorry, love,” he frowns. He hates seeing you like this. He especially hates that your family’s causing this. “I know you’re struggling, I know I can’t take your pain away but I want you to know that you’re, like, the most important person to me. It might not mean much but I love you and I’m sorry your family hasn’t shown you that love but you are loved by me, okay?”

He always knows what to say in these situations.

He knows how to make you feel loved even in moments like these.

He peppers kisses over you face, even your tear stained cheeks, whispering “I love you”’s between each kiss.

Lastly, he’ll land at your lips, kissing you so softly and lovingly. He takes a moment between the kiss to tell you how perfect you are which makes you smile softly.

Your snacks that he brought over go ignored for now, Josh holding you in his arms until you fall asleep, finally at ease.

//SPOILERS FOR HSR 2.2 STORY

It’s 1AM and I’ve finished the latest update for HSR

So let’s talk about it, and by talk I mean let’s write out a few paragraphs about my wildly running thoughts and feelings about my husbands

FIRST OF ALL, let’s talk about Gallagher. The man that you are, I never stopped being a Gallagher apologist and I’m so happy I didn’t. The fact he’s so laid back and nonchalant about having dormancy as a pet is actually such a serve on his part.

I think Gallagher in particular had a cool little story here, with the introduction of his actual connection to Mikhail being so fucking sad man, I need to give this guy a cwtch because Oml. The scene where he showed his frustrations towards Mikhail were some of my favourites, he gets a little bitter about Mikhails unwavering faith in the express. And in my brain I’ve interpreted that bitterness as a regret that maybe he could’ve done more for him, maybe been something else to have faith in dispite Gallagher not having a faith for himself.

A tasty tidbit that I enjoy from Gallagher is also the fact he calls Sunday ‘Mr Wings’ as a snarky nickname. As a Gallgher enjoyer and a Sunday slapper I enjoy that.

As for why I have ended my friendship with Sunday: Welt.

This is all I have to say, my man wholly trapped welts consciousness in his own to take him as a bargaining chip for the express, eventually hoping to trap the rest of the crew too. I don’t like that.

Im all seriousness though I do like the way all of that was handled. Welt was on his self sacrificial bullshit again and ended up getting himself into possibly detrimental trouble AGAIN. When will this man learn? It’s been 80 something years mr yang, reflect, I beg of you.

Another side tangent. The fact welt immediately understood something was up with Sunday? The fact welt immediately understood there was something wrong with gopherwood. This man never misses and I love it. I’m convinced that the reason he had to be split from the main group in 2.1 was because he would’ve seen through Gallaghers lies in an instant.

Especially since he brought up Gallaghers suspicious history lesson detour as soon as he heard about it.

Im so normal right now oh my god I need to go bounce around the walls for a bit

Also, side side tangent. The scene with the trailblazers and Mica? (Was that his name? The grave keeper in the dreamfulx reef) When welt is mumbling and he just says “huh? Were you talking to me?” I know for a fact that hoyo doesn’t skimp out on the tiny details and even himeko made a noise of confusion in that scene (if I remember correctly of course) but I might be looking too deeply into that.

Also. What is with penacony and having such plot relevant 4* characters. First it was Gallagher, now it’s Misha??? Hello??? I’m loving this 4* love.

NOW ONTO BOOTHILL. I love that guy he’s such a dumbass in all the best ways. I’ve read through the leaks of his story and… oh boy… knowing what k know… ‘I wouldn’t want to interrupt such a long awaited reunion’… currently kaying my ess.

Then there’s Acheron. Acheron has played a huge part in all the story quests of penacony so far and I’m actually starting to really warm up to her, it might’ve been mostly because abuse of her cutscene with Tiernan. That shit pulled at my heartstrings in all the most painful ways. Also the art in these cutscenes???? Hello??? Hoyo are really popping off with these. I was looking at all the little rendering details like a goddamn owl.

Lastly I wanna talk a little bit about the boss battle for this update… specifically the design of that thing… oh my god it’s gorgeous… this massive robot angel that’s also a conductor, it’s such a gorgeous design I just start kicking my feet and rolling around the floor, the boss design in this game is goddamn beautiful. First Phantilia now this.

A Wolf and A Snake (Wriothesley x Reader)

Letters' Interlude - 1

A/N: So these aren't official chapters per say, just an extra to the story that explores the yandere dynamic I'm trying to put forth! Also, I love listening to romantic music while writing for this 🩵 Until I finish Chapter 2, enjoy!

Synopsis: Being a noble meant that marriage was a chess game, not an affair of love. Unfortunately for the pristine Balthazar family of Fontaine, Y/N has long been enamored with love and sought it out before their priorities. After her grey, boring time of courtesy and fake niceness, she meets Duke Wriothesley, who makes her yearn for the first time in her life, and it's the same for him. Threatened by the idea of losing this first, it seems they'll stop at very little to be together...

Warnings: Obsessive yandere language, graphic details in Wriothesley's.

Tag: @yue-caelum

From: Lady Y/N Balthazar - Balthazar Vacation Manor, Belleau Region, Fontaine

To: Duke Wriothesley of Meropide - Fortress of Meropide, Liffey Region, Fontaine

Dearest Duke,

I am not quite sure how to begin or structure my thoughts, so I hope you forgive me if this letter turns out messy. It's barely been 24 hours since our fateful meeting and I finally got some privacy. I should interest you in the fact that today's tea is Earl Grey. I'm having it right now, accompanied by a chocolate and strawberry mille-feuille. If you're ever feeling bold, I'd recommend this combination. Quite the contrast on the taste buds.

I realized that even with our cadence and how we enjoyed chatting together, there's still so much to know. How have you been doing? I'm presuming you're at the Fortress. How is life there? How do you spend your days there? Is it a lot of work? You told me a bit of the nurse. Sigewinne, if I recall correctly. Does she have a lot of patients? And what tea do you drink when you're feeling so tired and done with the world? (I'm partly asking this one for myself. Some days are like that.).

Though I must say, since Liffey is a bit far from Romaritime or the Court's region, you must have a good teleportation waypoint. Belleau is far, too, but by Focalors' name it is enjoyable. It's quiet, lush and lovely. The water is so nice to swim in too. I find that regular swimming is one of the most beautiful parts of my day. I might be heading into more dangerous territory saying this, but I believe you'd enjoy it a lot if I took you with me. If you had a day off and I showed you around, we could then swim in one of the lakes. It's so refreshing and fun, and a good break from the city.

Don't get me wrong; I love its bustle and life. But I know when we return, I'm going to have to look over these boring nobles' declarations, and meet with them more often. Speaking of which, I'm sorry to sound so forward, but... Well, are you interested in carrying this further?

I'd like to tell you something about my worldview. As you know, I read a lot, but last night I couldn't get into the 'why' due to mother's timing. As a child, I felt strangely bored with existence, maybe to a worrying point. That would explain my parents' fretting. I liked the dance and violin lessons, but there was something about my books that gave my gray life a bit of color. Unfortunately, having to come back to real life was a painful must. There were times where I thought to myself: "Is this really life? Boring, plain, and feeling wrong for watching everyone's intense reactions while I derived joy from so few things?". I didn't even want to think about my future as I become a woman. This was all before we met.

Ah, Wriothesley! I've been imagining it over and over in my head! I even stood outside in the cold and closed my eyes and pretended you were right next to me... Imagine my pain when I confronted reality, mixed with the excitement I felt remembering you! Even now, I can't stop kicking my feet as I write this. For the very first time, I was proven wrong. I was mistaken about life, and who said mistakes were bad? After years of chasing perfection, believing it was beauty and goodness... Why, I might have committed the most beautiful fault in existence!

Will you please prove me wrong again? I know I might get greedy and stick to my old worldview, just for it to happen again. But I swear, I'll be good and I'll stop. I just want to feel my entire body and soul rattling in excitement once more. And you're the only one that happens with.

Mother and Father are planning another social, soon after we return to the Court's region. My understanding says you're not often social, so if you don't want any part of it (or even, if I'm being too intense), discard this letter. I must go now, but if you're as invested as I, I will be awaiting a response. And if Celestia is kind, I will be open for more. I'll be open for anything if it's with you.

Yours truly,

Lady Y/N Balthazar

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From: Duke Wriothesley of Meropide - Fortress of Meropide, Liffey Region, Fontaine

To: Lady Y/N Balthazar - Balthazar Vacation Manor, Belleau Region, Fontaine

To my cherished Lady,

I would like to start off by expressing my most feverish thanks, for reasons beyond enumeration. You taking the time to send me this lovely letter is the least of them. It is generally good form for a Duke to answer quick when he can, but I was so overjoyed with your letter's contents, I re-read it many times to take in all the joy you graced me with. I was also very touched with your personal confiance in me, so I'm also writing to return the favor.

First off, do you know how much I yearn to hear about your day, down to the little details? You talked a good deal about Belleau. I didn't care much about that region before, but now? All I've been thinking about is those fresh waters and woods you praised so highly. The only imagination I entertained was you, holding my hand, whispering that there were no nosy gossipers or greedy parents. Just the two of us, and the lake was all ours to swim in until we couldn't.

If it makes you laugh, I thought about it so much, I almost mistakenly wrote some prisoners' region tab as Belleau. Had Sigewinne not been near, the administrative mistake would have been a pain to fix. Are you laughing? I hope for it with all my heart.

And I want to know more. I want to know whether Earl Grey is your favorite, or you're only taking it because it's been brewed at that time. I want to know which chocolate you like best. Which books you're currently reading, and why you're so interested in lycanthropes without a hint of discrimination. Will you tell me more? If we get the chance to talk with less barriers, will you enlighten me with you?

After getting to know your old worldview, I question just how alike we are. It's easy for two people to share superficial interests. But when one feels so dissected, so naked knowing about another's deeper life and secrets, you can't help but question whether Celestia really does link souls. Whether you once knew them, or whether fate can be so perfect to send such a person your way. I'm sure you felt terrified writing it. Your mailbox may be private, but who knows when your family feels nosy and reads it? You know of the risks that come with such correspondence, especially as a maiden. Despite that, you didn't throw it into the trash. You wrote it, and sent it to me, letting me know about you. You may have just intoxicated me, and now I feel like I might die if that is all I know of you.

As respect to this, I'll confide in you, only it may be a little graphic. "If you feel queasy after this, feel free to end our correspondence here."... Is what I wish I could say with full honesty, because after that night, I'm not sure whether I can really be okay with that outcome.

I used to commit crime, both petty and serious. Such was the life of an orphan at the time. Being little fish wasn't an option; You had to be the top dog or get eaten alive. I opted for the first, even if it landed me in prison later on. My convictions range quite a bit, but once I grew up, I renounced crime. Even insignificant things. I wanted to leave that behind me.

Forget the obvious stealing sweets from the kitchen. When I saw that slimy Duke Arya talking to you, touching your shoulder, acting as if he always knew you and your wedding was tomorrow, I never felt the urge to murder as much as I did that night. The reasons behind my old violent crimes felt so small next to the ugly sight in front of me. You clearly didn't want him, but he kept going, as if you'd magically change your mind and be into slimeheads like him. How dare he be the reason you were pulled apart from me? Where does he get the gall to take you, act like you're owed to him if your parents decided?

How I wanted to end his pathetic standing, laughing, breathing. How I wanted to use my vision and punch his head out into an ice block, then freezing his wrangling body so he wouldn't mess up the carpet. How I wanted to lunge at him, bite, claw and make a bloody mess out of him. What did it matter if I perpetuated half-wolf stereotypes, when he was doing this? Which would hurt him more? Only one idea stopped me: You might not react to a show of violence so well. Oh, if I traumatized you, I'd never forgive myself. Being sent back to jail would be too light a punishment for a beast like that.

Please don't worry about transport, or ask about my attendance. I'm determined to attend that social. I'm so happy you told me about this in advance; I'm going to be seeing you, in all your radiance and beauty that make the world pale. So long as that happens, all is well for now. In the meantime, I'm adding some final touches to my declaration, and eagerly waiting for our next meeting, and hopefully the time I can freely take you into my arms, kiss you and prove the both of us wrong about everything.

With all the love I can hold,

Duke Wriothesley

Redbomb triplets trivias

Next friday if I manage my time correctly, the nine first pages of Daddy's Treasure, my webcomic about Buggy's offsprings, will be published on this blog. The panels are almost done, they juste need some shading & lettering.

To keep you waiting, have this trivia post about the Redbomb triplets

Blaze

As we stated many times before, he's stupid. Dumby dumbass, 0 braincell. Can't write his own name correctly. But ! He actually beat his siblings when it comes to emotional intelligence. Seing someone they love crying, Rory would sigh in annoyance, Skye would punch their shoulder playfully before trying to change the subject to something more lightly, but if you cry in front of Blaze you'll soon have a little redhair gremlin glued in your arms hugging you warmly (good luck getting rid of it)

Basically a golden retriver with extra ADHD. If he decides that he likes someone he will not go away from them.

Even if this person actually want him to go away, tho.

He's a biiiiiiig mama's boy, he's always glued in his mother arms.

Sometimes he put his hair in ponytail and try to make a resting bitch face to imitate Rory, which makes laugh everyone (except Rory)

Skye

Due to Reddie being a former strawhat, the crew is like extended family to the triplets.

Zoro and Skye get along well, Zoro teaching her a thing or two with swords.

In fact, it's possible, really possible, that Skye had a HUGE childhood crush on him - you know, those innocents crushes kids can have on cool teens around them sometimes.

Zoro was totally oblivious of it, of course.

"Hey look she offered me another drawing" (Nami tries to not giggle seeing her crewmate holding a kid drawing picturing Skye and Zoro in a flower field with swords) "Guess I'm the coolest babysitter huh ?" (It's really hard for Nami to not burst into laugh right now)

During a family dinner, after being babysitted by the strawhats, Skye didn't stop talking about Zoro - how fun he was, how skilled he was with swords etc etc.

Reddie playfully asked her "Hey, you're in love or what ?" and she made this exact face :

"He's gay, and he's an idiot. Don't waste your time." Rory said, not looking up from his dishes, making everyone around the table pretty much incomfortable for a moment.

Reddie had to explain the concept of childhood crush to Buggy because he was already ready to storm the Straw Hats for breaking his little tinkerbell's heart.

Later when this silly crush faded away, she understood she just admired swordmen and wanted to gain skills with blades

Probably understood that Zoro was effectively gay, too.

She started being glued to Mihawk whenever Buggy took her at work - pretty much to Mihawk displeasure, tho.

Rory

So we know that Rory get along well with Crocodile and with Shanks

The fact that it pisses off his father a TON make it even more enjoyable to him.

He actually seems to take great pleasure in sympathizing with people his father despite the most.

His polite tone and the way he talks brutal truth 24/24 with placid glances tends to make adults laugh a lot when he's around.

Rory has a very strict mental hierarchy when it comes to his family / the people he lives with, from the person he respects the most to the person he respects the less it would be : Himself, Reddie, Skye, Alvida, Buggy, the whole crew, Richie, Blaze.

But don't get it wrong, he loves his brother !

... in his very weird kind of way, though

While one of Rory's favorite hobbies is to fight with his brother and make him feel like an idiot, he would never let anyone else doing so.

Rory (rolling eyes) : Blaze you could become the richiest boy on earth if you rented the space between your ears.

Some crewmember : Aha you got it kid, your brother really is an idiot !

Rory (jumping on his feet, a hand on a smokebomb, ready to fight) : WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL MY BROTHER, SHITHEAD ?!

I thought i was the only one tired of the overly happy, optimistic and "random uwu" mc, or the innocent one.

I mean, if you like it you do you, but that types of mc are the only ones i can find written here on tumblr

Your stories are awesome! Thank you for sharing them (sometimes i think "Damn, i can read this for free")

LITERALLY. Okay, I should probably clarify this before someone comes for my neck. There's nothing wrong with an innocent/optimistic/happy mc. In fact, I think this type of mc can interesting IF done correctly. But I feel as if this mc is the default for unexperienced writers, which is probably why this type of mc is just not it for me and some other readers that may agree with me. However, since this type of mc tends to be the first for writers, the mc might unintentionally come off as annoying, a pick-me, etcetera. I see this happen a lot.

Me personally, I enjoy an mc that's in the middle of the spectrum between fleshed out and vague. I like it when the mc is right smack in the center, not too detailed where they feel like an oc and not too dull where they just feel like a useless filler. But it's hard to find mcs like that. Anyways, that's just my opinion. I know other people probably won't agree with me.

But I'm super glad someone agrees with me! And thank you for those last words. That last line you said kinda struck me, and I think it might stick with me for whatever reason. I hope that my future posts are enjoyable!

3, 7, 8, 16, 19 from this ask game

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

I'm not entirely sure I'm interpreting this question correctly, but I'll try my best. So, since I typically have multiple writing projects going at a time (especially right now), my brain mentally categorizes them into "computer projects" and "phone projects". Computer projects are more 'important' (not really) and feel as though I have to work on them in a professional environment (i.e. sitting at a desk) and take them seriously. Phone projects are more relaxed, I'm-doing-this-just-for-fun projects (again, that's not actually true it's just how my brain perceives it at the time) where it feels appropriate to do anywhere, at any time. It's fine to do phone projects on the computer, but I Can Not do computer projects on my phone (I technically can, it just feels wrong). These categories are not fixed and in fact change regularly.

As for the actual writing process, phone projects tend to just be stream of consciousness. There are a few places I might need to edit, but they're usually [forgot this word] or [transition here] and other small edits. (As a note, I use brackets to signify where I need to edit, with whatever's inside describing my idea of what I need there. It makes it very easy to find with ctrl+f). Computer projects get something comparable to an actual outline, with lines of ideas of what I want to happen interspersed between [descriptions of what I want to happen here] and [more context/detail] and etc until I basically have the whole chapter planned. Then, I'll go back through and add whichever scenes I feel inspired for until the chapter basically looks like how a phone project would.

I usually take at least a few days off of writing after this, just to clear my head and come back to the chapter with fresh eyes. I'll make minor edits to phrasing, add some [more here] and other things just to lengthen scenes that feel a bit too short. If the situation is particularly dire, I'll put brackets around a whole sentence or even paragraphs that I feel need to be re-written, then come back to it at a later time.

Then I'll whittle away at those, and finally once I've gotten rid of all the bracketed sections, I'll paste the whole chapter into google docs and do a grammar/spelling check. After going through all of those and making whatever changes I think are needed, I'm basically done with the chapter. Sometimes I'll come back a few hours later to give it one final check before posting, other times I just want to be done with the chapter and post it straight away (usually the latter).

7. What is your deepest joy about writing?

I like the daydreaming portion of it, where I haven't written anything yet but am convinced it's gonna be great :).

Nah, in all seriousness, there's a lot of little joys in writing for me, but I'd say my favorite is weaving in all the little details and hints that are gonna come back later. The things that start out small, seemingly insignificant, but grow and grow until there’s no way to ignore it. I love those little things that mean everything. They’re like gold bars to me. Small, but heavy, and priceless.

8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

Without action. I think I could imply a lot of action in the dialogue, and descriptions and character's thoughts can be used to lengthen the scene, imply pauses, and etc easily enough.

Without dialogue, readers are left with long paragraphs of text that might be difficult to keep track of. Even when I'm writing action-heavy scenes, I try to intersperse some little bits of dialogue or at least markable thoughts that gives a bit of a break from having to visualize everything. I don't think I could write something without dialogue in a way that makes it enjoyable.

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

I'm not sure - it's usually a business card or receipt that was left in my purse, or the torn-off corner of a piece of paper that was just laying around. In an emergency, I have used another book as a bookmark, but I was planning on coming back to it as soon as I could, so that might not count.

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

I started when I was a kid. The first thing I wrote was a mcyt fanfiction, but admittedly the plot was kind of good so I might reuse parts of it again. Then I didn't write for a while, but I started getting into mental health stuff and wanted to write stories from the perspective of people with different disorders to try to help destigmatize them (again, I was a kid. I'm now well aware that unless I have those disorders, that's not exactly my place) as well as a few things playing with the concept of time and souls.

I first started putting stories online when my friend got me into a fandom and we created a joint account. It was mostly my friend publishing on there, but I posted a few things, too.

I don’t know how I stopped writing, but I did. Some time just before or during the pandemic. Maybe life got too much. Maybe I just didn’t feel comfortable writing for the new fandom I was in (it involved real people, and I hate writing based off of real people) and couldn’t focus long enough on something I did feel comfortable writing about. I’m not sure.

I think it was Nimona that finally brought me out of that writing slump. I couldn’t get my head out of that world, and it got to the point where the only way I could get out was to write it down. Then of course I went back and started writing for my old fanfics again, and came up with a few ideas for potential original works

For the ask game

🔮 💙 🌸

Omg im so sorry, I only just saw this!

🔮 - What's a favorite whump trope of yours?

Forced surrender! I will never shut up about this! Like omg, it's amazing! Especially when it's like, they're surrendering not for themselves but it's the only way to save someone else and every inch of them wants to go down fighting but their loved one dies if they do and you can *see* them mentally make the descion and it's slowly painfully lowering their weapons, slowly raising their hands and you can see how much this is costing them to surrender but they're doing it anyway and sdjsdbdsjsb just forced surrender, people!

🌸 - What types of media do you like whump in?

Ok, i love visual whump (tv, movies etc) but it's so hard to get whump done correctly as these types of media aren't usually written explictly to be whumpy, the whump is just a side effect. Whereas if i read a fic tagged whump, the authors know what they're promising, you know how it's gonna play out, you're gonna get whump. They're not gonna have the character miracously healed or saved at the last minute or come out with only a slightly bloody nose. So I guess yeah, movies if the whump's done good (doesn't happen often enough :() or fics (my beloveds!)

💙 - How long have you been into whump?

Since I was a kid? I watched a lot of black and white cowboy movies and read a lot of those old fashioned "Boy's Adventure" novels where the main characters were kidnapped, tied up, beaten up and threatened with enjoyable regularity. I didn't realise it was whump I was just like "oh yeah beat him up" and like most people i thought there was probably something wrong with me. Then at around 15?? I discovered the whump community through pinterest screenshots and I've been here ever since!

Thank you!

Was gonna clean my apartment, spent too long thinking about Leigh Bardugo’s astrology assignments for the Six of Crows characters instead.

She says Jesper is a gemini, and at first I was like “hell no” but i decided he’d be a libra rising and cancer moon and then it balances it all out. Gemini sun bringing that “a little chaotic, has lots of interests, loves bouncing around and socializing” base personality. Libra rising bringing that “omg he’s so charming and he’d flirt with anything but he’s flighty” outward show. Cancer moon bringing his actual internal motivations that are driven by caring for the people closest to him and having a lot more emotional intelligence than is apparent to outsiders. Cancer moon also explains his immediate choice to be a uhaul gay once he realizes how much he likes wylan.

Wylan being virgo sun makes sense, i think also probably virgo rising. Possibly cancer rising? But 100% that boy has a fire sign for his moon. That’s where his chaos and passion quietly live. I’m thinking sagittarius for the whole “curiosity and wanting to soak up the world” trait. And only a fire moon would be like “oh my life has turned on its head? Why try to find someone to help me in the world i know when i could GO TO THE CITY UNDERBELLY AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE BOMBS AND JOIN A GANG INSTEAD, that quietly unhinged little bastard

Kaz may be a Capricorn, but he’s got big scorpio vibes to me for rising. The most fiery water sign. Just all “i am intense and will not back down and appear extremely confident” shit. And it hides his taurus moon which is all “i’m stubborn and loyal but also all i want is to feel secure and grounded and to build a nest to feel safe in.” Pun was not intended, but the crow club is his nest lol

OF COURSE INEJ IS A CANCER most accurate one so far tbh. Virgo rising, i think, for her ability to come off prepared at all times and shows off her extreme capability. Okay hot take maybe but i think she could be a saggitarius moon like wylan??? She’s got fire in there, a little spontaneity, and for sure that desire to soak up the world and fly free

Okay, Nina as a leo and i can def see, tho i would have guessed libra — but maybe another case of libra rising like jesper (i know a couple people with that leo/libra one-two-punch and they are big personalities, in my experience in an enjoyable way tho i can see how that might be a different experience if you’re on their bad side lol). For moon i think cancer? Maybe virgo? Her core is a lot about caring for people, but she’s also a “get shit done” type

LOL Mattias was the first one i guessed correctly before looking - that man is so taurus through and through. He may just be taurus across the board. Stubborn, loyal, down to earth, seeking security. Tho I could see him having a water moon, since he’s surprisingly open to admitting he’s wrong and changing his views. Lol okay hear me out: pisces moon. Ruled by emotion and once he feels that emotion it gets solidified in his taurusness so that it becomes his whole world.

I feel like Korean BL don’t pick up with the public, I mean there was some, that I can literally count with one hand but unfortunately it’s not enough with how many K-BL came out. I absolutely hate to say it, but I don’t believe it’s because of any homophobic feeling, even though I know some productions companies said it was hard to find sponsors because of the genre, I think it’s due to the reasons BL got popular in the first place which is it’s insanely tropey, the age of the actors and the pretty privilege. Don’t get me wrong the Korean actors are good looking but unfortunately I think they suffer from ageism and not fitting the pretty boy look. K-BL has been mostly 30+ years old men in kitchen or office, there hasn’t been any use of tropes and also we have to include the fact the format of the BL (8 episodes of 15 minutes) is not enough. Of course, I enjoy the fact that each country is different and don’t want them to look all similar however Japan, Taiwan and Thailand know what sell, something I feel like Korea does not. I don’t know but the future of K-BL does not look bright at the moment and it’s truly sad because Semantic Error proved that a BL can become massively successful if done correctly.

So, there are a lot of things going into this. And a lot of details and behind the scene things and cultural things I don't know. I know @absolutebl has talked more about this and so have several creators including Strongberry.

And there is definitely a huge issue with getting the sponsors and the money to make BL in Korea because it's queer. It's a hugely cultural thing that I cannot comment on because I only know the most basic and surface level details and believe the people saying it's almost impossible to do so in their culture and their society.

Plenty of the K-BLs are filled with both BL and K-Drama tropes! Filled to the brim with them, honestly, and they're enjoyable for that. They might be set in different times or settings but the tropes themselves are fairly common. No, they're not university or high school set but that isn't a requirement for the BL tropes. Some don't use them but those are more queer shows than BL shows in the end.

The format is due to the budget. And it's worked in some shows and failed in others.

Honestly, considering the increase towards the end of the year, I agree with @absolutebl's analysis that they're going to stick with the short format but keep on making these. And I enjoy a lot of them. Honestly, the end of this year was a very interesting wave of Korean BL for me that's lead me to wonder about the production and if anything changed.

Because we went from Very BL, not queer at all, just Boys In Love With Tropes And No Queer Concepts Whatsoever (which is delightful!) to BL But With Queerer Undertones and I love it. Comparing Semantic Error to Roommates of Poongduck 304! Both have plenty of tropes but Semantic Error is a romance completely devoid of any ideas about queerness besides it being two boys while Poongduck touched on his old crush and on the idea that being gay can make you feel like you don't love 'normally'.

Chocked full of tropes, both shows, and both quite good! But, for me? I preferred Poongduck 304. Am I wrong? According to most people, yes. According to me? Nope! I loved Poongduck. It was darling and sweet and trope-y and queer all at the same time.

Part of this, anon, is that I disagree with the idea that they're not trope-y. They might be a bit different in setting but that's just refreshing and enjoyable. But the tropes are everywhere. Floppy drunk, touch my lips, messy eater, secret crush, oh moments, holding hands, sweet hugs, pining boys... there's so much and so many in them and they might look a little different because they're adults but that's half the appeal!

I think the problem with BL in Korea is one that I truly cannot comment on from the view of why they struggle to get money or budget or production (though the production value in most is far higher than Thailand to my understanding. Definitely less sound issues) but I can comment as an international viewer and, for me, the biggest issues tend to be the kdrama tropes because I don't actually watch kdramas and thus don't know them that well not the same way I know BL tropes so they don't always work for me.

But I believe the producers and the companies when they say that they're struggling to get money because the show is queer. I believe that their struggles are what they say because I absolutely assume they know more than I do about their own business.

I also think the Korean boys might be older but they're often prettier. I dunno, though, I have no idea on that, my idea of attractive doesn't always match up to most people's nor would I expect it to.

Anyway.

This is a lot of words to say that I mostly disagree with what you're putting forward but also that my lack of industry knowledge and international cultural difference puts me in a position where I cannot do say any of that with certainty.

Fanfic feelings “vs” Original Writing feelings

You know, I felt kind of "bad" about writing fanfic again when I "should be" writing my "original" fiction, and I realized it's because like it or not, even though I have been trying to get rid of this feeling for years, I sometimes view fanfic as 'practice' and original stuff as the 'real' stuff. Let me just say, no, this is not an accurate thing. When I am using my mind and not my gut-guilt as my guide, I love writing fanfic, I love engaging with a medium that others already know about so I can do a deep-dive of some important element of it. Like, I do practice really fun things in fanfic that is harder (not impossible though) to do in original fiction with all characters I made. Why? Because I don't have to do much setup most of the time, if you're reading it, you either watch or read the original thing, or know enough about it from wiki or cultural osmosis that you're not having an issue knowing who a character is or how they might sound. This means I can play with AUs and how it might change a character, I can play with relationships in a way that really engages with particular elements of the canon or introduces new elements. I can do so, so much stuff that is really experimental and I can have a lot of fun with it. I can also do it in original fiction, but I have to be more mindful of the setup, even if I do just dump people into the world and leave them to figure it out, I have to give bits of flotsam AND jetsam-they gotta be able to grab things I just subconsciously put in and make conclusions that might be wrong or right but are there, as well as be able to hold onto things I specifically build for them to latch onto (which also might not be correct, but is at least intentionally there and will lead to interesting reveals if I have done it correctly). Fanfic is so joyous to me to write though, meanwhile with my original stuff, I have to build up so much in my head first that it then feels like I am writing fanfic in order for my brain to calm down and just let me write how I want to. I have gotten to that point, but I had gone so long feeling like I just couldn't write at all, that 'indulging' in fanfic of not my own world feels like 'cheating'. Brains are absolutely wild. Fanfic is fun to write! I enjoy it! I should not feel guilt about it! Original fiction is enjoyable for me to write! I found a way to write it that works for me finally! I should not feel guilty about also enjoying other projects that are fanfic for other series. There's no real takeaway but that you should be allowed to explore writing in whatever way you need to, you should be allowed to enjoy yourself, to struggle in a conductive way, and to experiment with everything that sparks your mind to say "but what if!" And if you feel like you lack the ability to write something, but really want to write it? WRITE IT ANYWAY! Get it out!

shipping bingo: densu and sufin 👉👉

DenSu!

Fun fact! I used to have a period where I was a huge multishipper and probably could’ve shipped anything if you asked me to, with a few exceptions… one of those being DenSu. I guess I just never saw anyone ij fanfics portray any actual care between them, they just argued and fucked. And if you want to get me onboard with a ship, I need to pinpoint exactly what they like about one another. I just never saw actually saw any moments in either canon or in fanon which showed me anything more than they argue a lot, & enemies to lovers ig? Idk. I did want to ship it for a while, but it just never got me.

And in modern day, i don’t really stand a chance, as i now see Denmark as straight- though he’s comfortable joking about being into his buddies. And even beyond that, I have exactly one ship between two of the Scandinavians and that’s partially bc I see them as so close-knit they’re brothers, even if they might not be blood-related, they’re brothers. And I think that’s always been the issue with SuDen for me, I always saw them as strictly brotherly.

I will say, I do like the kinda Sweden x Denmark think kellylouisekilljoy has going on with her nordic characters (completely unrelated to hetalia, but I think it deserves a mention). And if you don’t think I’m playing Drømmer Jeg on repeat constantly declaring it SuDen’s national anthem you’re so wrong.

Now SuFin!

I used male fin here, though I do think it’s important to note I prefer to use a female oc for Finland instead, and there’s absolutely no SuFin there bc Sweden is too gay to handle.

With mlm SuFin, I find it has to be done in one very specific way. Otherwise I just can’t find enjoyment in it. I don’t think they’d actually put a label on what it is, because Finland’s feelings around Sweden are complicated, to say the least. And I find if Finland’s feelings are handled correctly, I can enjoy it.

I actually have discussed SuFin a fair bit with @nordickies and they have definitely gotten me a lot more into SuFin than I used to be. But again, it just has to be portrayed in a very specific way or else I just don’t vibe with it.

Revive this account? Sure, why not! Picard and Discovery are approaching fast and—for preventative mental healthcare reasons—I anticipate the need for an outlet. So let’s do a warm-up stretch.

The Dad Batch (S2E3): The Solitary Clone 

Summary: Crosshair goes on a mission with Commander Cody and then murders a woman. 

Comments: So Crosshair is ordered by Admiral Rampart to recover an Imperial governor held hostage by the leader of a Separatist planet. In charge of the assault team is none other than Commander Cody. You may remember him from such important scenes as “returning the lightsaber to Prequel!Wan” and “shooting Prequel!Wan with a big fucking cannon.” The mission basically goes to plan, but after Crosshair murders the planet's leader, Cody has second thoughts about this whole Empire business and goes AWOL by the episode’s end.

The fight sequences are noticeably more competent in both writing and execution. For example, the Separatist guv’nor (I can’t spell “governor” for the life of me) doesn’t wait for Cody’s soldier-laden shuttle to land—she just orders it shot out of the sky. And like, it is. Rather explosively. 

As another example, we’re later shown Cody’s troops taking cover when under fire. You read that correctly. Soldiers—in a Star Wars IP—use cover in a firefight. I know, I wouldn’t believe me either, but it’s there—you can go watch it for yourself. I had to rewind and actually watch it again because I didn’t trust my own eyes.

Eyes: Those soldiers just took cover under that thing.

Brain: I don’t believe it.

Eyes: It’s happening, I’m showing you now.

Brain: Impossible. You’re seeing it wrong. This is Star Wars. 

There’s even a neat bit where a battle droid is fighting beside a shielded droideka. Cody/Crosshair tag the battle droid with a sticky grenade then disable it with blaster fire. The grenade rides the falling disabled droid through the droideka’s shields before detonating. Smart, creative, neat. I love it. 

That said, please give Crosshair a close-quarters weapon. The dude just scopes droids from like 5 meters away.  

There’s an odd running gag I’ve pointed out in every “review” I’ve done of Star Wars content where one clone to another says something that suggests they’re individuals with unique appearances. It happens again in this episode. When Crosshair meets with Commander Cody the first time, he says, “Command Cody. I didn’t recognize you.” Which I think is a joke? Like, he’s a clone? They’re... they’re all clones? (They all look the same). I mean, the writers know they’re clones, right? But this line made me doubt it, because Crosshair does not joke, and certainly wouldn’t joke with a superior officer. I honestly don’t think the writers understand that the clones are clones.

Anyways, we learn that Crosshair leaves his cafeteria food tray on the table without returning it. In case y’all forget, Crosshair is a cunt. 

BTW, Rampart, my distasteful man. You're gonna get eye strain working in an office as poorly lit as that one. Break the trend, be a well-lit villain. Show us your evilness through your deeds, not your interior decorating. 

Oh, he must have gotten my message because the episode ends with Rampart interrupting Crosshair’s breakfast for the second time in the episode. Pretty sure the Empire only hires dicks. 

In summary, The Dad Batch S2 is more competent and more enjoyable so far than S1. 

My Enjoyment: 4/5

When I saw Sidekick theme I immediately thought about Jake and Reader from BT in the beginning of their connection. If I remember correctly, you've stated that they've know each other from childhood (or teenage years), and if so, I think they had faire share of situations. And Jake is perfect kind of trouble 😅

Maybe, it was something to do with sleepovers, sneaking out in late night or pranks in schools. Jake definitely was a 'bad' influence on Reader.

“I hope you know why you’re here,” Jake is to your left, his hand clutching yours as the principle of the school sat before you, “do you know why you’re here?”

Jake looks at you and you look at him, the two of your eyes locked as you both face off against the alpha principle. In the last few weeks Jake and yourself have been getting into more trouble as of late, a testament of your devotion to protest any attempt made to split you apart by the school.

“If this is about the wanted posters hung in the math wing, it was all in good humour.” You held your hands up in innocence, wide eyes failing to convict yourself.

“Miss L/N,” the principle sighed and placed his hands on the desk, “the wanted posters while not against school rules, are highly inappropriate.”

“What’s wrong with it?” Jake tilt his head, looking him over. “Isn’t is possible for alphas to mate with alphas?”

“Mr. Jensen, to suggest that Miss Wheeler is looking for an entire pack-“

“She said it herself,” you countered, “Miss Wheeler was open and bold about who she was looking for.”

“Its not about the wanted posters-“

“Was it about the drama club? Band? Glee club?” Jake had listed off a few of the clubs that you may or may not have screwed with, enjoyment coming from the way the principle had reacted, unsure if the teachers would have to go and check each club.

“There have been a few concerned parties that are aware of how close you are-“

“Baby bear and I are going to be mates.” Jake boasted, boldly grabbing and holding your hand.

“Omegas don’t mate with omegas.” Your principle reinforced, looking between the two of you with mild disdain. “Omegas are meant for alphas-“

“And statistically speaking, omegas are also put into hospitals far more often when they’re with alphas than with other omegas. Omega/omega relationships are healthier and more secure-“

“You two are being split up, Jensen. You and L/N are no long allowed to share classes. No, you can’t argue because its already done. Now get to class.” The principle dismissed you, and with a heady sigh, you stood and led the classroom.

Eichi, Souma, Natsume for the character ask? 👉👈

THREE characters ok I’ll do my best

eichi

i LOVE eichi but I am in no way or means the biggest eichi fan in the world so I’m usually quiet about him. everything I think about him has definitely been said before, I wish the general fanbase wouldn’t use his illness as a way to make fun of him (fortunately this is less prevalent now it used to be such a big thing a couple years ago), and I also wish they’d stop demonizing him for the war stuff tbh. it happened! everyone in canon is over it now so why are you dwelling on it!! i just do really really like him and I did actually have my eichi hater period so I served my time and now I’m out and I love him even more. guy of all time. I would love to drink tea with him and talk about philosophy or something

souma

he’s my son but he’s also an adult man but he’s my spingly boingus but he is fully capable of taking care of himself does this make sense. he’s my son but not in the way every other souma fan I don’t like says he’s their son

i mean this is your fault for giving me an akatsuki character to talk about. this is like if we were playing yugioh and you really wanted to see a counter trap I had so you activated a combo to specifically make me use that counter trap. you did this to yourself

I just have. so many thoughts on him i love him so much. so much that I can’t even articulate them correctly. you’ll just have to take my word for it. also by the “he’s done nothing wrong” part he’s absolutely done wrong (guy who wanted to kill a man to see how it would feel) I’m just being silly there

natsume

I love how natsume works with other characters like the rest of switch and his niisans so that’s why I circled that tbh

he’s very fun but I’ve never really sat down and read much with him in it other than the reminisce stories he’s in! he’s very enjoyable to see though really do like him :) I have all his gacha 5 stars by accident (minus the newest altered one) as well he won’t stop coming home

hi i just took a deep dive through your splat tag and first of all i want to thank you for your service as the #1 Sheldon enjoyer ever. I remember how strongly hated he was back in the splat 1, so it makes me happy to see someone who loves him!

secondly you have totally opened my eyes to marie. she was never my favorite and i could never put my finger on why i didn't like her- your posts about how mean and hostile she is to callie (not to mention the casual octo racism, guess she kinda takes after cuttlefish there if im remembering OE dialogue correctly) really made it set in. callie deserves SO much better good lord

Oh, hi!! Thank you so much, I’m glad you’re enjoying your time here so far!!

It’s my pleasure!! Sheldon has been my absolute favorite character since the first game, and my love for him has not relented once!! What sucks the most about him being so violently hated during the first game is that that was textually a pretty low point for him mentally… The first step to really liking him is realizing that he’s a bit of a mess. His self esteem was pretty low at the time, and he was very much so a social outcast- made distant from his peers and lacking any friends or seemingly any real comfort outside of his interests. He was just as disliked in universe as he was out of universe, it seems. It’s really saddening… He literally didn’t do anything wrong other than be autistic as fuck, I guess. :/

And, with Marie… Yeah. She’s not a very pleasant person. Between her being mean to an uncalled for extent to Callie on Live TV, to her ego, to her extreme racism, and just being kind of a freak unprovoked to a 16 year old… I can’t say I’m fond of her! She’s an interesting character, but she’s undeniably a Vriska to me. She has done so many things wrong.

I’d say she’s actually worse than Craig in the racism department- he’s at least… Kind of trying, even if he’s failing miserably, and he does have the excuse of being over 100 and having served in a Race War. Like… Yeah, no shit he’s racist, those are some very relevant facts about him that would very much so inform his worldview. Marie doesn’t have those excuses, though. She’s just… Like that. For no good reason. She should know better.